Dreams and Aspirations
Dreams and Aspirations
Dreams and Aspirations
Rodante Hernandez
Glennmar Amor
Angelou Bancale
BSECE
Dreams / Aspirations
dream that was being dreamt about since you are a kid. Choosing your dream in your
childhood days is not an easy task. It is between the reality and practicality because
you have no idea what to do. You are confused about your options and you are only
afraid of making the wrong decision and ended up wasting valuable time and money.
There are 7 habits you must stop doing if you want to achieve your dreams.
First, you must stop procrastinating. Procrastination is a no-brainer. But the habit is
not so much in the actual non-action than the thinking but rather around the actions
you need to take to getting to where you want to be. Procrastination has different
sources, but the big ones are around thinking small and creating glass ceilings that
continue to keep you small. You must remove all those thoughts that hinders you to
grow. Visualize yourself stepping out of your own head and body as a bigger version
of you looking back at yourself and all that thinking and thinking. Extend compassion
and forgiveness to yourself who has been keeping himself/herself small. Tell her/him
you see (or hear) the words in her head she’s repeated over and over. Tell those
thoughts they’re done their work of protecting you. And change those thoughts by, for
in Math’.
Second habit is focusing too much in the future. Don't get me wrong. Having
things planned out in the future is not a bad thing. It is just that we sometimes focus
too much on what will happen next instead of what is happening now. According to
Leo Tolstoy, "There is only one time that is important — Now. It is the most important
time because it is the only time when we have any power." We can look back in the
past and we can also look ahead of our future, but we can never fully control what
had/will happen at those times. The only time where we have the ability to make any
difference and change is by working on the things that we are currently facing. Yes,
there are tried and proven steps to achieving goals, but no two people are the same.
You won’t be able to do things the very same way another person did. Bring yourself
to the now, breathe and look for opportunities in the now that present themselves.
Third, stop racing multiple goals. Anyone who has achieved their big dream
goal will tell you that they had to develop laser sharp focus. Often high achievers want
to do it all at once. Rid yourself of the thought now that you must do it all. Ask yourself,
is doing such going to support my dream goal or is it a distraction for a purpose that in
fact takes me away from my ultimate purpose and goal. Remember, we can have quite
a few great goals but to put in the energy, time and investment will mean a distraction
from the big one. We can’t do it all at once. We are human. Drop the habit of trying to
achieve this, that and the other because they’re all great. Doing things one at a time
is good enough . Focus on the one big goal and what truly matters to your life.
perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.” It is quite common for
adolescent to be very sensitive of being not good enough, especially when committing
mistakes. The fear of getting it wrong will creep up most people continuously. If you
ever make a mistake along the way of achieving your dreams, forgive yourself, learn
from it, and take another step forward. It’s okay to stumble and fall. Every great
entrepreneur and anyone who achieved something incredible made quite a few
Fifth, stop over being in your head (overthinking). Don't think too much.
Because thinking too much will only create problems that is not even there in the first
place. Getting to that ultimate dream goal is about learning the art of innovating, and
that can only happen by breaking the pattern of thinking and being that keeps you
small. It’s an unconscious pattern of thinking that creates an illusion of comfort and
predictability. If you allow fear, worry, and doubt to creep in. They will always keep you
small, not intentionally to keep you small. When you act on that impulse, you begin to
trust yourself more, dare yourself more and actually do more to get to where you want
to be. You create the habit of acting on your guidance and ideas, and that’s precisely
Sixth, stop stuffing schedule. Your dream goal doesn’t get stuffed into your
schedule. Clear your schedule to make the energy and time. Productivity doesn’t really
happen with trying to do all the tiny things at the same time. Multitasking is not for the
big goal. It distracts from the critical ability to focus and be present. Achieving big
goals is learning to be a leader of your destiny and life. Put your goal and the things
that truly matter in life ahead. When someone asks you for a favor or your time, weigh
in on how that might distract from what matters before you say ‘Yes’.
And lastly, stop focusing on the past. When you focus on who you’ve been in
the past, your failures and what others have claimed as your limits, you freeze. Forgive
yourself, and forgive others. Free yourself from their chains and your own chains.
Truly, truly find it in your heart to forgive. Set aside time to meditate on forgiving
transgressions and mistakes. You are doing yourself and your ability to do great things
the chance you need and deserve. You are growing, learning, and so worthy of your
amazing goal. If you have a dream in your heart, I fully believe it is planted in your
heart because it is yours to be and to have. Now you have to step out of the old energy
that’s held you stuck and step into and breathe the larger version of you. Stop the habit
of reliving the past over and over. Make a decision to close that chapter through
Achieving the dreams you have in life is a long term process. You will have to
experience failures, pressure, stress, guilt, and even regrets before you can even
genuinely feel that you have achieved the ideals and dreams you have dreamt of in
your life.
When facing struggles and pain, you have to train your mind to see the good;
Life can be tricky sometimes, yet life is a self movement within, therefore you
Act now and don't waste time. Chase your dreams and goals while you still live,
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the
Believe in yourself and in your dreams, say that you CAN... because you WILL!